The Eagles head to Anfield after securing their first three points of the campaign which extended their unbeaten run to three games but the games do not get any easier with Liverpool unbeaten and sitting join top of the Premier League.
DATE
18th September 2021
KICK OFF
3pm
VENUE
Anfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool L4 0TH
LAST TIME
It was the final game of the season when Palace last made the trip to Anfield in what was the final game with Roy Hodgson in charge. It was a fairly one sided affair with Palace’s nemesis Sadio Mane scoring both goals, one in each half.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Sadio Mane (9.0)
OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy Madley. Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Eddie Smart. Fourth official: Geoff Eltringham. VAR: Andre Marriner. Assistant VAR: Simon Long
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Jeffrey Schlupp, Eberechi Eze and Nathan Ferguson all continue to miss out through injury
LIVERPOOL – Divock Origi and Neco Williams are both doubts while Roberto Firmino and Harvey Elliott are both ruled out
DISCIPLINARY
RED CARDS – none
YELLOW CARDS – Gallagher (1), Milner (1), Fabinho (1), Benteke (1), Zaha (1), Ward (1), Andersen (1)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 20/05/2021 Liverpool 2-0 Palace
- 19/12/2020 Palace 0-7 Liverpool
- 24/06/2020 Liverpool 4-0 Palace
- 23/11/2019 Palace 1-2 Liverpool
- 19/01/2019 Liverpool 4-3 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace;
- 11/09/2021 Palace 3-0 Spurs
- 28/08/2021 West Ham 2-2 Palace
- 24/08/2021 Watford 1-0 Palace
- 21/08/2021 Palace 0-0 Brentford
- 14/08/2021 Chelsea 3-0 Palace
Last FIVE results for Liverpool;
- 15/09/2021 Liverpool 3-2 AC Milan
- 12/09/2021 Leeds 0-3 Liverpool
- 28/08/2021 Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
- 21/08/2021 Liverpool 2-0 Burnley
- 14/08/2021 Norwich 0-3 Liverpool
RECORD AGAINST LIVERPOOL
- Played 57
- Won 14
- Drawn 11
- Lost 32
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Trent Alexander-Arnold 8.02
- Conor Gallagher 8.02
- Mohammed Salah 7.92
- James McArthur 7.03
ONE TO WATCH
SADIO MANE
FORMER CLUBS – Generation Foot, Metz, Red Bull Salzburg, Southampton
Who else? The Senegal international has a ridiculous record of scoring goals against Palace, and don’t we know it. Here’s hoping he has an off day as we are fed up with the sight of him hitting the back of the net against us.
KEY CLASH
JOACHIM ANDERSEN v SADIO MANE
The Danish international has quite a challenge ahead of him to try and stop the Senegal striker from scoring against Palace again. Having said that, he and his centre back partner Guehi prevented Harry Kane from having one shot on goal and no touches in the penalty area last weekend, so maybe, just maybe ….
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Liverpool are on a run of 8 successive Premier League wins against Palace, scoring 24 goals and conceding 5
- Palace can equal their longest top-flight losing streak against a particular opponent, having suffered 9 defeats in a row versus Spurs from 2015 to 2019
- The Eagles have lost on each of their past 4 league visits to Anfield, having previously earned 3 straight victories there
- Palace earned their opening victory of the season last weekend by beating Tottenham
- This is the first league match of the season for Palace which is against non-London opposition
- Odsonne Edouard is the first player in a decade to score more than once on his Premier League debut
- Christian Benteke has scored 5 Premier League goals at Anfield as a visiting player, one more than he did while playing for Liverpool
- Should he play, this will be Wilfried Zaha’s 250th Premier League appearance
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Conor Gallagher/Odsonne Edouard (2 – 8th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Benteke/ Gallagher/ Zaha (1 – 14th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (258 – 14th in PL)
- TACKLES – Jordan Ayew/Conor Gallagher (9)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (298 – 19th in PL)
- SHOTS – Conor Gallagher (10 – 17th in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (9 – 14th in PL)
PREDICTION
The impressive win against Spurs last weekend gave us all a real sense that things are starting to take shape under Vieira’s stewardship. Having said that, now is not the time to get carried away and while the hosts are coming into the game off the back of a tough Champions League game against Milan, they will remain a tough proposition. Palace could well cause them a good few problems but we expect Liverpool to edge this one.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 2/11
- Draw – 11/2
- Away – 13/1
- Both teams to score – Evens
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